GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY
Indonesia: Kemitraan Indonesia Australia untuk Infrastruktur (KIAT)
The KIAT is a 10-year facility supported by the Australian Government and its overarching goal is to support ‘sustainable and inclusive economic growth through improved access to infrastructure for all people’. To support this goal, KIAT works with the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and other development partners to help achieve: improved GoI policy and regulatory framework for infrastructure development; high quality projects prepared and financed by GoI, the private sector and/or MDBs; high quality infrastructure delivery, management, and maintenance by GoI; and, infrastructure policies, design and delivery that are more inclusive for women and people with disabilities. As a Technical Assistance Panel member, Development Executives supports KIAT by providing a range of pre-qualified specialists to undertake technical assistance work on the project. (DFAT, 2024 – 2026)
Pakistan: Investment Promotion Activity (IPA)
The purpose of the IPA is to strengthen Pakistan’s business enabling environment to build greater credibility of Pakistani institutions and improve the ecosystem for foreign direct investment and increase U.S.-Pakistan bi-lateral trade and investment. As a subcontractor, to this five year program, Development Executives will work closely with governments (federal and provincial) and private sector stakeholders (e.g., businesses, associations, investors, etc.) to strengthen the investment climate for foreign investors in Pakistan and promote opportunities for enhanced trade and investment between U.S. and Pakistan businesses. (USAID, 2022 – 2026)
Pakistan: Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Programme (SEED)
Development Executives is a key local subcontractor on the seven year SEED programme. The programme is geared towards supporting provincial economic development and sustainable energy in Pakistan. It will support the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), to plan and finance the infrastructure and investment it needs for growth, jobs and prosperity. The programme will also address Pakistan’s energy crisis by providing innovative financial solutions to industry for the adoption of sustainable energy practices. (DFID, 2020 – 2025)
UK: DFID International Multi-Disciplinary Programme Framework Agreement (IMDP)
Development Executives is a supplier for IMDP Framework Agreement which provides DFID to access advice and expertise in a cost efficient and effective manner across 11 thematic areas. Development Executives will provide support across multiple IMDP lots which include: Conflict & Governance; Education; Infrastructure; Livelihoods; Social Development; and, Research. (DFID, 2019 – 2021)
Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme (KESP) Performance and Process Evaluation
Development Executives is part of a consortia that has been retained by DFID to provide performance and process evaluation support to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Program (KESP). The objective of this program is to assess the effectiveness of KESP and its contribution (financial and technical) to the final outcome (more children in school, staying longer and learning more). The project is also geared towards assessing whether specific strategies and approaches supporting outputs leading to outcomes have had (or are likely to have) the impact intended, as well as providing timely analysis around DFID’s contribution to the programme, as well as the role of technical assistance. (DFID, 2017 – 2021)
UK/Pakistan: Business Environment Reform Facility (BERF)
Development Executives was retained provide technical and advisory support for undertaking a research study for BERF focusing on identifying binding constraints and policy reform options for development of priority sectors in the Punjab province. The objectives of this research study were to: identify the binding constraints in the business environment to domestic investment and expansion in priority sectors (such as, agriculture, livestock, manufacturing and automotive sectors); assess potential of these sectors and implications of identified constraints in terms of economic growth, job creation, women’s economic empowerment, linkages with multinational firms and other spillovers to the local economy; and, provide policy reform recommendations. (DFID, 2016)
Pakistan: FATA Economic Stabilization Program (FESP)
FESP was a four-year, $50 million project to create jobs and improve economic opportunity in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The program was designed to help farmers to move beyond food insecure subsistence and support non-farm entrepreneurs, and do so in ways that: improve their livelihood; increase returns from investments in infrastructure that the US Government had made in FATA; and, contribute to further stabilization of FATA by building viable economic alternatives to militancy. The program was meant to serve as a bridge between short-term stabilization activities and longer-term more sustainable development. Development Executives was tasked with leading implementation of Component 2 of the program which focused on non-agricultural activities, such as: strengthening and establishing micro and small enterprises; strengthening supply chains between business operators in the tribal areas and those in the settled areas markets; rehabilitating market infrastructure; and, developing local business and trade associations. (USAID, 2014 – 2016)
Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Program (ESP)
Development Executives’ core team member was retained to design a monitoring and evaluation framework for a £203 million program which aimed to increase the number of girls and boys enrolling in and successfully completing quality primary and secondary education. Worked closely with DFID and the government to develop program and project-related: logframes; performance indicators; targets; and, baselines. Key priorities of the program were to: increase access to and quality of learning in schools; development of human resources; improve infrastructure (e.g., rehabilitation of schools in crisis situations); encourage public-private partnerships; etc. (DFID, 2012)
Pakistan: Federally Administered Tribal Areas Capacity Building Program (FATA CBP)
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by USAID’s FATA Capacity Building Program to develop and implement high profile industrial development initiatives across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This involved: developing an institutional framework for investment promotion; advising on establishment of special economic zones; conducting consultative workshops to secure buy-in of key stakeholders; designing and implementing a range of donor funded technical assistance programs; and, enhancing capacity of both the public as well as the private sector. (USAID, 2008 – 2010)
Pakistan: Assessment of Afghanistan/Pakistan (Af/Pak) Cross Border Area
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by DFID to develop an assessment for the Af/Pak cross border region by summarizing available evidence and developing in-depth analysis of key economic sectors (such as, agriculture, trade, minerals, etc.). This assessment provided a better understanding of how the local population is linked to the region’s economy and shed light on their access to cross border livelihoods opportunities. The assessment also provided an analysis of existing market conditions and included information on key traded goods, income levels, job creation, labor market, barriers to trade, etc. (DFID, 2009)
South Africa: Export Promotion Manual (EPM)
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by the Commonwealth Secretariat to assist South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry in preparing an EPM which will serve as a reference manual for Export Promotion Directorate staff and Foreign Economic Representatives (FERs) and to inform the rest of DTI on how they fit into the wider framework of export development policy and programs. (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2007 – 2008)
Pakistan: Provincial Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Development Executives’ core team member provided UNDP and the NWFP Government with planning support in the aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake. The Technical Assistance was geared towards enabling the government to establish sustainable mechanisms and structures for dealing with such disasters in future. The project involved: analyzing existing institutional framework for dealing with disasters; developing recommendations strengthening capacity of the government, including, creation of a Provincial Disaster Management Authority; and, developing a draft DRM plan for the Provincial Government. (UNDP/ Government of NWFP, 2007)
Pakistan: UNDP Lachi Poverty Reduction Project
Development Executives core team member worked with UNDP’s Lachi Poverty Reduction Project as a Programme Manager. This multi- sectoral initiative was geared towards improving the livelihoods of over 100,000 inhabitants of the Lachi area of Kohat district in NWFP. (UNDP/DFID, 2003 – 2005)
Pakistan: Community Infrastructure Program
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by the World Bank to assess and strengthen the institutional linkages between various tiers found within Pakistan’s Local Government structure. Conducted detailed assessments of capacities, systems, and processes of local government bodies and identified gaps between their mandated institutional responsibilities and their ground-realities. (The World Bank, 2003)
Pakistan: Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP)
Development Executives’ core team member was retained by Asian Development Bank to provide Technical Assistance to the Government of NWFP in order to assist in developing a Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP). As the Institutional Reforms Specialist, he: identified policy and institutional gaps; provided recommendations that encouraged mainstreaming of gender issues in public policy; and, developed policy analysis and planning support which enabled the government to effectively design, approve, implement, and monitor its GRAP. (Asian Development Bank, 2002 – 2003)
United State: US Department of Education
Development Executives’ core team member designed and developed a financial management system that enabled the US Department of Education to closely track the distribution and utilisation of grant money to Universities and Colleges across the country and also to target and monitor high-risk institutions. (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1996 – 1998)
United States: Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
Development Executives’ core team member provided qualitative and quantitative analytical and management support to GNMA’s management team in order to manage risks associated with its $550 billion portfolio of Mortgage Backed Securities. (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1996 – 1998)
